01669cam a2200409 i 4500 936551106 TxGeo 20230813120000.0 191023t20191998||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019457277 9781538732199 trade pbk. 153873219X trade pbk. (OCoLC)1048445128 TxGeo rda Butler, Octavia E, author. Parable of the talents / Octavia E. Butler. First Grand Central Publishing edition, reissued. ©1998. New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2019. xv, 423 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Earthseed ; 2 "This Grand Central Publishing edition is published by arrangement with Seven Stories Press."--Title page verso. Sequel to Parable of the Sower. Includes "A conversation with Octavia E. Butler" and Reading Group Guide questions (pages 409-423). Laura Olamina's daughter, Larkin, describes the broken and alienated world of 2032, as war racks the North American continent and an ultra-conservative religious crusader becomes president. 20230822. Nebula Award for best novel: 1999. Young women Fiction. Twenty-first century Fiction. Political fiction. Science fiction. Earthseed ; 2. QS5